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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103849-103850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30272]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[Docket ID: FEMA-2024-0026]

Notice of Availability for Safe Room Construction, Supplemental 
Programmatic Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS).

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has prepared a 
Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment (SPEA) to reevaluate 
the analysis provided in the 2011 Final Programmatic Environmental 
Assessment (PEA) for Safe Room Construction and Finding of No 
Significant Impact (FONSI). The SPEA includes a reevaluation of the 
environmental analysis and underlying assumptions of the 2011 PEA. The 
proposed action includes the nationwide construction, retrofit, or 
renovation of safe rooms eligible for FEMA grant funding. FEMA has made 
a preliminary determination in the SPEA that the FONSI determination is 
valid after incorporating the updated analysis and revisions contained 
in the SPEA.

DATES: Substantive comments must be submitted on or before January 21, 
2025 to be assured consideration.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may submit comments responsive to this 
notice electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. All submissions received must include the Agency 
name and Docket ID. Regardless of the method used for submitting 
comments or material, all submissions will be posted, without change, 
to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov, and 
will include any personal information you provide.

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Therefore, submitting this information makes it public. You may wish to 
read the Privacy and Security Notice that is available via a link on 
the homepage of https://www.regulations.gov.
    FEMA will address comments received on the draft SPEA in a final 
SPEA. The final SPEA and FONSI will be posted to the FEMA NEPA 
Repository website using the same weblink as the 2011 PEA and FONSI at: 
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/environmental-historic/nepa/programmatic-environmental-34.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Portia Ross, FEMA Environmental 
Officer, Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation, 
Resilience, 202-212-5929, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FEMA is seeking public comment regarding its 
preliminary determination that no significant environmental impacts are 
anticipated from the proposed action, based on FEMA's reevaluation of 
the 2011 PEA for Safe Room Construction. FEMA invites the public to 
submit comments through https://www.regulations.gov during the 30-day 
comment period following the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. The 2011 PEA and 2024 SPEA are available in docket ID FEMA-
2024-0026. For access to the docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov 
and search for the docket ID.
    The supplemental reevaluation process, which is documented by the 
SPEA, indicates that no potential significant adverse environmental 
impacts are anticipated from the proposed action. Based on the 
supplemental environmental impact analysis in the SPEA, FEMA has 
determined that no significant environmental impacts are anticipated 
from the construction, retrofit, or renovation of eligible safe room 
projects and the proposed action does not constitute a major Federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment, 
making the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
unnecessary. Therefore, FEMA will issue a final SPEA and FONSI.
    Authorities: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as amended, 
42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq. and 40 CFR 1500.1 et seq.

Donna DeFrancesco,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Environmental Planning and Historic 
Preservation, Resilience, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-30272 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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